Paget's Big Adventure
 Paget kept asking us every day why we had to go to work when there were so many other exciting things to be doing. Now Paget is a very wise old dog and eventually we listened to what he was saying and decided to take to the European roads for a year or so to look for some adventures... TO BE CONTINUED…
After 16 months on the road, we have parked up the van in the south-west of France for a while for a different sort of adventure. Maybe this is where we will master French, write that novel, manage to play a few chords on the guitar, and Paget will finally learn to love cats. |
Our latest 5 diary entries
| 10th Mar 2012 - 8th May 2012 | ||||
| Where have we been for so long? | ||||
| Two months have flown by – so what have we been up to? THE TRIPS I was allowed 3 weeks off for good behaviour to visit my good friend Jen in Phoenix Arizona. The real wild west and Indian country, all cacti an... | ||||
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752 Words | 14 Reads |  | Read more | |
| 9th Mar 2012 | ||||
| 21717 - Jayne's Lucky Number! | ||||
| In just a few weeks time, I’ll be nipping back to the UK to run in the London Marathon. There have been a few raised eyebrows from French locals in their tractors as I’ve been out training on our rural French ... | ||||
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101 Words | 47 Reads | | Read more | |
| 11th Feb 2012 - 6th Mar 2012 | ||||
| Not suitable for vegetarians | ||||
| The highlight of the hunting calendar (especially for non-hunters!) is the village’s Hunt Banquet. A 7 course extravaganza not for the faint-hearted and certainly not suitable for vegetarians! No fancy trappings... | ||||
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419 Words | 27 Reads | | Read more | |
| 26th Jan 2012 - 10th Feb 2012 | ||||
| A Cold Snap | ||||
| Yes, we know it’s February and it’s miserable and cold in the UK too, and at least we don’t have to go to work but, Zut Alors, it’s bloody freezing! We can understand the duck pond freezing, but the to... | ||||
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354 Words | 34 Reads | | Read more | |
| 13th Jan 2012 - 26th Jan 2012 | ||||
| Underneath the stars | ||||
| Friday 13th, probably not the most auspicious day to choose to go snow shoeing by moonlight but who’s superstitious? Time for a quick drink or two to warm our cockles before we set off – Oliver and Uta (a resi... | ||||
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568 Words | 34 Reads | | Read more | |
